Senior Risk & Strategy Analyst
in Dublinat PayPal

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Job Description

Fueled by a fundamental belief that having access to financial services creates opportunity, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is committed to democratizing financial services and empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy. Our open digital payments platform gives PayPal’s 254 million active account holders the confidence to connect and transact in new and powerful ways, whether they are online, on a mobile device, in an app, or in person. Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money, and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying or getting paid. Available in more than 200 markets around the world, the PayPal platform, including Braintree, Venmo and Xoom enables consumers and merchants to receive money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies.

PayPal is the leading global online payment service built for the digital age. We now have over 250 million active customers around the world and handle almost a fifth of the world’s online payments. And we’re delivering the future of money – today. You can use PayPal anytime, anywhere, any way. PayPal continues to drive connected commerce across all channels - online, mobile and in-store. In Q1 2018 we handled nearly $50 billion in mobile payments alone. We are constantly innovating and creating experiences our customers love.
Analytics is core to PayPal and we are a highly data driven organisation. We leverage data driven insights extensively in the areas of Risk Management. To support our insatiable appetite for analytics, we are setting up a Global Analytics Centre of Excellence in Dublin, that will support global and regional analytics needs across the Commercial Risk Management function.
The Global Commercial Seller Risk team is responsible globally for the end to end management of seller risk for Large sellers. These sellers (~2% of total active merchants) process > $500 000 in payments per month with PayPal and comprise ~ 60% of our global processing volume.

PayPal seeks a business-savvy, data-driven and action-oriented Senior Risk & Strategy analyst to focus on Business Insights and portfolio level research- enabling us to cultivate deeper understanding of the current state and to monitor the status and ongoing portfolio performance of key initiatives. across our global sphere of merchants and to optimize trade offs between risk exposure, losses, profitability and customer experience.

The mission of the team is to foster a data-driven culture and drive end-to-end customer thinking throughout PayPal – converting analysis and insights through to value articulation and realization. You will team with world-class professionals to develop and test strategies that ultimately impact the bottom line. And you will do it all in a collaborative environment that values your insight, encourages you to take on new responsibility, promotes continuous learning, and rewards innovation

Responsibilities include:

Maintain, manage and track all Key Performance Indicators for the Commercial Seller Risk business

2 + year of related experience in Business or risk analytics in a fast moving and matrixed environment

Analysis: Identify business challenges and opportunities for improvement and solve for them using analysis to make strategic or tactical recommendations

Product: Perform modeling/analytics to assist new product and business strategies

Previous experience in product, marketing or business analytics a plus

2+ experience with SQL OR a major software engineering language (Python, C++) required

Familiarity with statistical packages (SAS or R) and reporting tools (QlikView and Tableau) is highly desired.

2+ years of experience in relational database querying (SQL, Teradata)

Professional Qualities

High-energy and drive

Ability to translate analysis and insights into actionable recommendations

Outstanding problem-solving skills

Ability to operate through ambiguity and change

Strong written and verbal communications skills

Strong business judgement

Results orientated

Ability to work confidently with colleagues across the business such as: Product, Data Technology, Sales, Operations, Finance to drive improvement in quality, volume, service, and profitability

Ability to work with ambiguity and adapt in a fast high paced and dynamic environment

We're a purpose-driven company whose beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We hold ourselves to our One Team Behaviors which demand that we hold the highest ethical standards, to empower an open and diverse workplace, and strive to treat everyone who is touched by our business with dignity and respect. Our employees challenge the status quo, ask questions, and find solutions. We want to break down barriers to financial empowerment. Join us as we change the way the world defines financial freedom.